ALAN HUTCHISON PHOTOGRAPHY LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC405906 · ltd · incorporated 2011-08-23

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2024

Net worth

£-29.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Portrait photographic activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -99% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

35 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £29,768

Very low cash

Cash position: £16

Cash draining

Cash down 99% YoY

Cash YoY

-99%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£16

↓ 99% YoY

Net Worth

-£30k

↓ 13% YoY

Current Assets

£5k

↑ 10% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-08-31	2023-08-31
Total assets	£-28.8k	£-25.1k
Current assets	£4.7k	£4.2k
Cash	£16	£3.1k
Debtors	£4.7k	£1.1k
Net assets	£-29.8k	£-26.3k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-01-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-05-30
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accounts · AA
2024-05-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-05-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-05-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-02-19
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officers · CH01
2019-02-19
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officers · CH01
2019-02-19
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officers · CH03
2018-05-29
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accounts · AA
2018-02-27
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address · AD01
2017-03-15
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accounts · AA
2016-03-25
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accounts · AA
2015-03-25
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HUTCHISON, Morag appointed
director
2011-08-23
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Company incorporated
As ALAN HUTCHISON PHOTOGRAPHY LTD
2011-08-23
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HUTCHISON, Morag appointed
secretary
2011-08-23
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HUTCHISON, Alan appointed
director

Owner dependency

89/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HUTCHISON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Morag Hutchison Individual · British · DOB 06/1962 · age 64	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	23/08/2016
Mr Alan Hutchison Individual · British · DOB 08/1962 · age 64	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2011-08-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74201 — Portrait photographic activities

Registered office

Bluebell Lodge Muiralehouse Road

Bannockburn

Stirling

FK7 8AB

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last made up to: 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-06

Last: 2025-08-23

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

HUTCHISON, Morag→

secretary · appointed 2011-08-23

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HUTCHISON, Alan→

director · ~64y · appointed 2011-08-23

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HUTCHISON, Morag→

director · ~64y · appointed 2015-03-25

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